Biogen reviews

3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(2,052 total reviews)
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Christopher A. Viehbacher

76% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Biogen has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,052 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Biogen employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
4.0
Jul 4, 2015

A good place to work, but you will work hard

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The company has some very good products built on real scientific innovation. The benefits are excellent and the working environment is very good. The company has grown rapidly in recent years and a lot of very good people have joined.

Cons

The excellent benefits and working environment help to distract from the fact that people are expected to work hard. The fact that the company has grown rapidly in recent years means not every process and programme is as clear and well thought through as you might find in big pharma.

2.0
Feb 23, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Focussed on driving products forward and stretching talent allowing for innovation. Good financial package for new hires, and for old hires, high share price is now reaping dividends.

Cons

Old hires not financially lifted in line with market when promoted leading to skewed salaries, as well as bias towards higher salaries for males. Company growing rapidly with many new products and hiring of poor leaders who indiscriminantly manage out once settled in order to have a secure seat - they hire in their friends with good remuneration. HR is notoriously poor in UK, to the point of being non-existent - they are just there to support senior management wishes, and thus cannot be trusted by employees. No recognition of results, and no fun at least on UK site due to poor leadership that bends to USA management. Company was GREAT, but no more under current management who are reaping the results sown by older colleagues.

3.0
Jan 22, 2021

Massive turnover in Reg CMC

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good company to work for, good perk and benefits

Cons

Unless you are best friends with the Leadership team and based in Boston, you have no career path in CMC. New VP arrived, restructured announced only to have 30% of the team hand in their notice and leave. Do HR care? No! Brushed right under the carpet. Do they really take feedback from an exit interview? No! So unless your goal is to procreate (benefit package really good) or end up having a good manager that has your back and pushes for your development goal, its just a job that helps pay your bills and it is a good deal.

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